Hawaii's Plantation Village - A Peek into the Island's Plantation Era

Hawaii's Plantation Village is a 50-acre living museum and botanical garden located in the historic Waipahu town, Oahu, Hawaii. This outdoor museum is comprised of some 30 restored traditonal homes and structures that showcase the lifestyles and experiences of multi-ethnic laborers who migrated to Hawaii circa 1850-1950 to work in the island's sugar plantations.

The village also features unusual plants and fruit bearing trees brought by the immigrants from their native lands such as China, Portugal, Japan, Puerto Rico, Korea, Okinawa, Polynesia, and the Philippines.

The homes represent the various cultures of their former occupants with authentic artifacts, clothing, furniture and art placed in their original settings. There are also community buildings such as the plantation store, infirmary, community bathhouse, and manager's office. A steam locomotive that was used to transport sugar cane during the period is also on display.

The gift shop sells home-made handicrafts, ethnic music, cookbooks, toys and other souvenir items. There are also picnic areas.

DISCLAIMER

The images used in this website are found from different sources all over the Internet, and are assumed to be in public domain and are displayed under the fair use principle. We provide information on the image's source and author whenever possible, and we link back to the owner's website wherever applicable.

If you are the owner of any of the images and you believe that their use on this site is in violation of any copyright law, please make a comment on the page where the image in question is located or Contact Us so we can remove the material as soon as possible. Thank you.